In the last months of the 7th Space War, the Space Revolutionary Army develops the ambitious Operation Lilac to bring a quick end to the war. The plan involves sending five RMSN-008 Bertigo units down to Earth along with the massive mobile armor MAN-003 Patulia to attack the United Nations Earth's headquarters. However, the Bertigo pilots are killed in atmospheric combat and the Patulia veers off course and crashes. The Patulia is the largest mobile armor ever created and was the length of a space battleship. Its main weapons include four particle cannons and thirty wired beam cannons. It's also equipped with anti-beam field generators, giving it a powerful defense. Piloting this monstrous mobile armor doesn't come without a price, however. To operate, the Patulia requires a Newtype to be placed in a capsule as a power source. The Newtype's mind is erased and dedicated to solely piloting the Patulia. This type of control allows the Newtype to use the wired beam cannons in the same manner as the Bertigo's bits. Former SRA scientist Nomoa Long discovers the Patulia after the war and hides it underneath the North American city of Fort Severn. While posing publicly as the city's mayor, he secretly experiments with artificial Newtypes for years in his plot to avenge himself on the UNE. In A.W. 0015, Long finds his ideal pilot in the form of the artificial Newtype Carris Nautilus. With the fully functional Patulia, Long destroys most of his own city. Newtype Tiffa Adill is able to contact Carris' mind, allowing Garrod Ran to break into the control room with his GX-9900-DV Gundam X Divider and rescue Carris. With no Newtype to power it, the lifeless Patulia crashes into Fort Severn.